Cloth-handling device



A. RAU.

CLOTH HANDLING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 5. 1921.

Patented Nov. 22, 1921.

- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT MU, OI CLIFTON, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOB 130 UNITED PIECE DYE WORKS,

' INC., A CORPORATION OF NEWJERSEY. I

cno'rn-nmnnme DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 22. 1921.

Application filed February 5, 1921. serial No. 442,644.

To all whom it concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT county of Passaic, and State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cloth-HandlinDevices, of which the following is a spec' cation.

This invention relates to cloth handling devices and is herein describedas embodied silks, and is more particularly in an apparatus adapted towash or dye described as one adapted to'wash chifions. In handling manykinds of cloth, especially cloth which is light in weight and light incolor, such as light colored silk chifions, it has vbeen found diflicultto effect washing and dyeing without producing streaky oods, due to thefact that the cloth tends to old over on itself, or

- tends to direct the washing or dyeing waters indefinite streams, withthe result that streaks are roduced, depending on the direction and orceof the streams.

In the endeavor to'overcome these and other difficulties, it hashitherto beenusually found necessary to employ very large volumes ofwater, especially for washing purposes, with consequently great expensefor water and often for power. the present invention these and otheriificulties are avoided by washing the goods or dyein them in acounter-current stream, especial y by carrying the goods upwardlythrough a stream or past a stream which is flowing downwardly and at thesame time straight stretch into a tub 4 beneath a suit-. able guide orbar 5 extending across the tub. and preferably of glass or otherexceedingly carrylng the goodsin contact with smooth edges, which undersome circumstances may bend the goods back and forth more or less,

with the result that the relative tension ofthe threads and fiberschanges conducing to the thorough washing of the goods.

In the accompanying drawing,

Figure 1 is a side view of an apparatus found suitable for washingchifion, many parts being broken away or only partly shown.

Fig. 2 is a' similar face. view of the same.

The silk chiflon or other goods in piece form 1 is drawn over a bar 2,such'as 11-inch diameter glass rod, suitably supported in a frame 3 and1s carrled down' in, a nearly smooth material such'as smooth brass.

The cloth runs upward at 6 after passing Accordin to lower deflectorsagainst the face of the --It has been found that itis entirel'ynnnecessary to adjust the spray for the width 4 under the guide or --rod5, being drawn up- RAU, a citizen of the United States, residing atClifton,

ward by winding it upon a suitable reel 7 at the top of the device andcarried in journals 8at the opposite end of the frame 3. As the goods 1are drawn upward by being wound upon the reel 7 they pass upward, andare somewhat stretched over a glass rod 9 which may be one inch indiameter and forms the edge of a deflector 10 which may be mounted whichmay be a glass rod one inch in diameter, like the edge 9, and form thelower edge of a deflector 12, standing at a similar angle and tending tothrow against the goods 6 water flowing upon it. The goods then passupwardly to other deflectors 13 havingsimilar edges 14, each deflectorusually being so positioned that the goods are bent slightly over itbecause the cloth in passing from the deflector below to the deflectorabove is bent out of a straight path by the edge 14.

Above the topmost deflector 14 is a special deflector 15 facing asimilar special deflector 16, each haw'ng preferably a glass rod edge17, the two deflectors l5 and 16 forming a funnel device into whichwater is sprayed against pipes 18 and 19 so that the spray falls againstthe 45 degree angle faces of the special deflectors 15 and 16 and flowsdown against the upwardly moving cloth. The water 1n flowing downwardlylagainst the cloth washes it thoroughly wit clean water at this point andthen flows down past the successive deflectors 14 arranged oppositelyand offset to each other, like the deflectors 10 and 12 so that thewater finally reaches the tub 4.

It is found that in washin a light weight and light colored chiffon, eeven deflectors 10, 12, 13, etc, thoroughly Wash the fabric clean in aheight goods running thirty yards penmmute. The water supply with such afabric was found to-work satisfactorily if the spray was ad- "justed 'tofeed water at such a rate that onequarter inch depth, or possibly alittle more, is intermittently backed up on each of the goods.

of some nine or ten feet, the

the sides 15 and 16, respectively, by

i the entire device adapted to scour, wash, or

' water in the form of a still bath. v

The device has been found to work satis .factorily for dyeing andhasbeen foundfor cumstanceshas been found even suitable for of thegoods, since a spray extending across dye 54-inch goods has been foundto work equally well on narrow'goodsno more than 28 inches wide, becausefor some reason the water seems to tend to flow upon the deflectorstoward the goods and thus wash them thoroughly even though the goods arenarrow compared with the width of the device. It is found that withdifferent weights and kinds of goods the amount of bending at the edges9, 11, 14, etc., should be varied according to the character of thegoods if the best results are to be obtained,

and to enable such variation in the position of the edges the end walls20 of the wash ing device may be provided with battens 21 upon which thedeflectors 10, 12, 13, etc., are

some purposes to be more satisfactory if the glass rods or surfaces arereplaced by some other material, especially a non-fibrous glassymaterial like rounded brass plates.

he baflies 10, 12, 13, etc, may be made of wood %-inch thick and 10inches across, The water running 011' into the tub 4; is utilized in anysuitable manner and under some cirwashing a second time when the deviceis used for washing, and may be circulated continuously if it is used asthe dye solution when dyeing is being done. v

Having thus described one embodiment of my invention, what I claim is:

1; The combination withmeans for .drawing cloth upward, of means for,feeding water against the cloth near the top of its run so that it mayflow downward along the up- 'wardly movingzcloth, fixed edges by whichthe cloth is guided so that it is diverted from I wardly moving cloth,and Opposite a straight line in both directions, and fixed deflectorsextending from the edges 1 for bringing the down-flowing water againstthe cloth from each side. 1

2. The combination with means for-drawing cloth upward, ofmeansforfeeding water against the cloth near the top of its run so that is mayflow downward alon the upy facing fixed deflectors offset from eachother and adapted to bear against the' opposite faces It is found thatwhere theof the cloth as it is drawn upward and adapted to bring thedown-flowing wateragainst the cloth on both sides. 7

3. The'combination with means for drawing cloth upward, of means forfeeding water so that it may flow downward along the upwardly movingcloth, and deflectorsofi' set from each other adapted to bear againstthe opposite faces of the cloth as it'is drawn upward and inclined tocause the downflowing water to flow against the cloth.

1. The combination with means for drawing cloth upward, of means forfeeding water against the cloth near the top of its run so that it mayflow downward along the upwardly moving cloth, fixed edges by which thecloth is guided so that it is diverted from a straight line in bothdirections, ,deflectors extending from the edges for bringing thedown-flowing water against the cloth on both sides, and non-fibroussmooth faces on the edges against which the cloth bears.

.5. The combinationwith means fordrawing cloth :upward, of means Qforfeeding water against the cloth near the top of its run so that it mayflow downwrad along the up-v J wardly moving cloth, oppositely facingfixed deflectors offset from each other adapted to bear agalnst theopposite faces of the cloth as it is drawn upward and adapted to bring,the down-flowing water against the cloth'on both sides, and non-fibroussmooth edges on the deflectors against which the cloth bears.

6. The combination with means for drawing cloth upward, of means forfeeding water sothat .it may flow downwardalong the upwardly movingcloth, deflectors offset from each other adapted to bear against theopposite faces of the cloth as it is drawn upward and inclined to causethe down-flowing water to flow against the cloth, and nonon thedeflectorsfibrous smooth edges against which the cloth bears.

7. The combination with in the tub beneath which a length of cloth isadapted to be canried, a second guide above the tub over which the clothis drawn down to, the firstguide, ofl'set fixed edges spaced-apart abovethe. tub so that the cloth rising from the first guide passes betweenthem and bears-against one or the other of them with each of its faces,gieflectorsforming extensions of said edge adapted to diatub Of a aiderect down-flowmg'water against both, sides 7 of the cloth, meansfor-feeding water to the top deflectors so thgt the down-flowingwaterflows against th cloth, and means for drawing the cloth upwardly.-

8. The combination with a tub, of a frame 1 above the tub, inwardlyfacin sloping fixed deflectors in said frame be ween which a cloth isadapted to be drawn upward so that it bears against the deflectors onboth sides and down-flowing water is directed against both sidesof'thecloth, highly polished 110119.

fibrous edges on the deflectors against which the cloth bears, and waterfeeding devices at the top deflectors adapted to deliver water so thatit flows downwardly over the upwardly moving cloth.

9. The combination with a tub, of a frame above the tub, inwardly facingsloping fixed deflectors in said frame between which a cloth is adaptedto be drawn upward so that it bears against the deflectors on both sidesand'down-flowing water is directed against both sides of the cloth, andbends slightly over each deflector, highly polished nonfibrous edges onthe deflectors against which the cloth bears, and water feeding devicesat the top deflectors adapted to deliver water 'so that it flowsdownwardly over the upwardly moving cloth.

10. The combination with a tub, of a frame, offset inwardly slopingdeflectors between which a length of cloth is adapted to be drawn upwardfrom the tub so that it bends first Over one deflector and then overanother backing up downwardly flowing water upon each deflector, andguides at the top forming a funnel between which the cloth is drawn out,and which are adapted to flow water against the cloth.

11. The V combination with a tub, of a frame, ofi'set inwardly slopingdeflectors between which a length of cloth is adapted to be drawn upwardfrom the tub so that it bends first over one deflector and then overanother backing up downwardly flowing water upon each deflector, guidesat the top forming a funnel between which the cloth is drawn out, andwhich are adapted to flow water against the cloth, non-fibrous olishededges for the deflectors, and gui es over which the cloth bends.

12. The process of washing cloth which consists in drawing itupwardlyagainst a downwardly flowing stream of water, and bending thecloth oppositely at intervals around smooth edges as it passes thestream of water so that the water backs up first on one side of thecloth and then on the other.

13. The process of washing cloth which consists in drawing it upwardlyagainst a small downwardly flowing stream of water continually directedagainst it on both sides, and bending the cloth oppositely at intervalsaround fixed smooth edges where the water is directed against it, sothat the cloth is bent first to one side and then to the other whilethoroughly wetted by flowing water on both sides.

14. The combination with means for drawing cloth along, of devices forrepeatedly feeding a body of water to the opposite faces of the cloth,so that it intermittently backs up against the cloth on both sidesthereof.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature to this specification.

, ALBERT RAU.

